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Daily Current Affairs MCQ - 16th & 17th November 2017

Current Affairs Quiz - 16th & 17th November 2017

Solve the Daily Current Affairs MCQ - 16th & 17th November 2017 to prepare for your upcoming Banking and SSC exams. The Current Affairs Question Set includes the questions on latest events like Important Summit, Events, Appointments etc. The Daily Quiz must boost up your preparation for various competitive exams.

Q1.The first Tribal Entreprenuership Summit in India is organized by which of the following
?

A]NITI Aayog

B]Government of US

C]Government of Russia

D]Both of A and B

E]Both of A and C

Q2.Which country has recently recognized Yoga as a Sports ?

A]Oman

B]Kuweit

C]Iran

D]Iraq

E]Saudi Arabia

Q3.Which of the following countries held their official talk for the first time in Manila
with the motto to keep the India-Pacific region "free and open" ?

A]India

B]US

C]Japan

D]Australia

E]All of these

Q4.Who has won the Brazillian Grand Prix in Sao Paolo ?

A]Valtteri Bottas

B]Sebastian Vettel

C]Antonio Giovinazzi

D] Nico Hulkenberg

E]None of them

Q5.The first All-Electric ship of the world is manufactured by which of the following ?

A]Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipyard

B]Imabari Shipyard

C]Guangzhou Shipyard International Company Ltd.

D]Samsung H I Shipbuilding Company

E]Oshima Shipbuliding

Q6.In which city of India the first wave-powered navigational buoy was launched ?

A]Vishakhapatnam

B]Chennai

C]Kolkata

D]Thiruvanantapuram

E]Mumbai

Q7.Ganga Kumari is the first Transgender Police of which district of India ?

A]West Bengal

B]Manipur

C]Rajasthan

D]Madhya Pradesh

E]Uttar Pradesh

Q8.Vijay Prasad Dimri was appointed as the President of which International Geological
Congress ?

A]33th

B]34th

C]35th

D]36th

E]37th

Q9.West Bengal has recently get the GI tag for which of the following ?

A]Rabri

B]Jalebi

C]Sondesh

D]Lord Chomchom

E]Rosogolla

Q10.What would be the rank of India by 2028 in terms of the nominal Gross Domestic Product
?

A]1st

B]2nd

C]3rd

D]4th

E]5th

Q11.Which state/ Union Territory of India has created a Development Board for civcic works
in rural and urban villages of the state ?

A]Uttar Pradesh

B]Delhi

C]Gujrat

D]Madhya Pradesh

E]Haryana

Q12.The Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) would set up a Center of Excellence in which
city ?

A]Chennai

B]Vellore

C]Panaji

D]Kochi

E]None of these

Q13.The traditional "Lavi Fair" was held in which district of India ?

A]Jammu and Kashmir

B]Uttarakhand

C]Sikkim

D]Himachal Pradesh

E]None of these

Q14.Who has launched the National Power Portal (NPP), a centralized platform for collation
and dissemination of the information of the Power Sector of India ?

A]Narendra Modi

B]Smriti Irani

C]R K Singh

D]Nirmala Sitharaman

E]Harsh Vardhan

Q15.Who is appointed as the new Chairman of Bombay Stock Exchange ?

A]Sethurathnam Ravi

B]Viswa Swaminathan

C]Giriraj Iyer

D]Nagaraja Swamy

E]None of them

Answer with Explanation

Explanation 1. The first Tribal Entreprenuership Summit in India is organized by NITI Aayog in
partnership with Government of US. It began in Dantewada of Chattisgarh.

Explanation 2. Saudi Arabia Government has recently recognized Yoga as a Sports. The founder of Arab
Yoga Foundation in the Saudi Kingdom Nouf Marwaai has announced this.

Explanation 3. India, US, Japan and Australia held their official talk for the first time in Manila with
the motto to keep the India-Pacific region "free and open". These nations resolved to expand cooperation for upholding the
rules-based order and respect for the International law.

Explanation 4. Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari has won the Brazillian Grand Prix in Sao Paolo.

Explanation 5. The first All-Electric ship of the world is launched by China. It is manufactured by
Guangzhou Shipyard International Company Ltd.

Explanation 6. The first wave-powered navigational buoy was launched in Chennai. It is developed by the
National Institute of Ocean Technology. The buoy was deployed at Ennore Kamarajar Port.

Explanation 7. Ganga Kumari is all set to break the glass ceiling after the direction of the Rajasthan
High Court to appoint her as the states first transgender police constable. A resident of Jkheri village in Jalore
district of Rajasthan, Ganga had appeared for the police recruitment examination in 2013.

Explanation 8. Scientist Vijay Prasad Dimri has been appointed as the president of the 36th
International Geological Congress (IGC), a global platform for advancement of earth science. The Appointments Committee of
the Cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved Dimris appointment in place of Shailesh Nayak.

Explanation 9. West Bengal's bitter struggle with Odisha ended on a sweet note with the State getting GI
(Geographical Indication) tag for Rosogolla. While Bengal claimed that the delicacy was invented in Kolkata by
confectioner Nobin Chandra Das in the 1860s, Odisha government said it was invented in Puri in the 13th century.

Explanation 10. India is likely to become world’s third largest economy by 2028 and overtake Japan in
nominal gross domestic product (GDP), projects a recent Bank of America Merrill Lynch report co-authored by Indranil Sen
Gupta and Aastha Gudwani. The country, according to BofA-ML, is also well on track to cross France and the United Kingdom
(UK) to emerge as the world's fifth largest economy after Germany by 2019.

Explanation 11. Delhi Cabinet has created a Delhi Village Development Board for civcic works in rural
and urban villages of the state. Approximately 300 villages would come under this board.

Explanation 12. The Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA), a platform of 21 countries bordering the Indian
Ocean, is to set up a Centre of Excellence in Kochi. IORA is a regional forum of countries, tripartite in nature, bringing
together representatives of the government, business and academia for promoting co-operation and closer interaction among
Indian Ocean-bordering countries. Its headquarters is at Ebene, Mauritius.

Explanation 13. The traditional "Lavi Fair" was held at Rampur in Himachal Pradesh. The four-day
traditional fair was inaugurated by Governor Acharya Dev Vrat on November 11. it was a famous trade fair as Rampur was the
old silk route of trade between India and Tibet.

Explanation 14. Shri R.K. Singh, Minister of State (IC) for Power and New & Renewable Energy, launched
the National Power Portal (NPP). NPP is a centralised system for Indian Power Sector which facilitates online data
capture/ input (daily, monthly, annually) from generation, transmission and distribution utilities in the country and
disseminate Power Sector Information (operational, capacity, demand, supply, consumption etc.) through various analysed
reports, graphs, statistics for generation, transmission and distribution at all India, region, state level for central,
state and private sector.

Explanation 15. Eminent chartered accountant Sethurathnam Ravi has been appointed as the Chairman of the
Bombay Stock Exchange. Ravi, who was a public interest director at the BSE, replaces Dhirendra Swarup.